RadioBanter - ATSC could eat HD Radio's Lunch (was IBOC : The Killer-Appfor FM "HD")

Mark Zenier wrote:
In article ,
RHF wrote:
IBOC : The Killer-App for FM "HD" Radio's HD-2 Channels

Joe,

You just point-out one of the two natural Killer-Apps for
FM HD Radio's HD-2 Channels : TV Audio {Sound} !

But HD radios cost a whole lot more than the $40-$70 DTV converter boxes.
Many or most of which have an audio output. All somebody needs to do
is come up with a boombox.

There's something like 19 million bits per second in an ATSC transmission.
They could spare the 300-500 thousand bits per second per audio channel
for several "stations" and not even notice it. And that's a lot more bits
(and fidelity) than what an IBOC channel can spew).

They already do this in the UK with their DVB-T networks.

Mark Zenier
Googleproofaddress(account:mzenier provider:eskimo domain:com)

Most web radio stations are 128 kb/s or less. Double that should be
plenty for a ****ty transport layer like mobile radio transmission.